- Date
- June 30, 1992, 16:00 local (Jul 1, 1992, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ekuk, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4874QCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920701023129A
- Case key
- 5749
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. A factor was the hidden obstruction on the surface of the landing area.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he landed on the beach near a set net site to discuss hauling fish from the beach. During the landing roll the airplane's tailwheel hooked a fish net anchor rope. The rope was the same color as the beach sand, gray. The airplane was decelerating rapidly and the rope broke and the pilot could not control the airplane. The airplane ground looped on the beach causing damage to the right wing, aileron and right stabilizer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4874Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503567
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Danial P. Seybert, doing business as Penair
- Registered owner
- Peninsula Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 350 in this make and model · 11,700 as pilot in command · 187 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.